Sin is a bloodstain on the soul—scarlet, red, crimson, a stain that cannot be removed. But speaking as the voice of God, the prophet declares an incredible gift: God will do...

What a way to start a week! You’ve just poured your coffee and want some quiet time with the Lord and we give you this scripture to read. You’re just looking...

Can you remember a time you were in trouble and God came to the rescue? A time you felt hungry, thirsty, but most of all lost? What was or is the...

If you aren’t angry, you aren’t paying attention! There is much going on in our world that makes me angry. Sometimes anger moves me to action, which is a good thing....

If you have been raised with Christ, you have new life and will seek the things that are with Christ. You will focus on God’s things, not on your own things....

Abundance is used in the Gospels both positively and negatively. In the feeding of the multitudes, the baskets of leftover food point to the bountiful excess of God’s rule (see Luke...

I am a quilter, and like many quilters, I have a fabric stash, a collection (or rather a massive pile) of fabric that I have bought without a plan. This is...

Hosea’s images can be overwhelming, showing God as destructive and punishing. But Hosea also reveals the tenderness of God and the hope that God is with us even as the world...

Who are the people you don’t respect? Who are the people you or your friends constantly cut down as not really understanding what is right and what is wrong? Who are...

In my early life as a follower of Christ, I embraced the familiar understanding of creation (God created everything good), fall (humanity sinned), and redemption (Christ’s death provided rescue from sin)....